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Tampa Graduates Celebrate June Commencement

June 10, 2013

Approximately 230
graduates received degrees earlier this month at a commencement
held in Tampa for adult learners from the Tampa Education Center
and the longstanding teaching location at MacDill Air Force Base in
Tampa.

The ceremony acknowledged the university’s ongoing
commemoration of its 40-year anniversary of providing educational
services to members of the U.S. military, veterans, and their
families.

Graduates were
addressed by guest speaker retired U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral D.
Brian Peterman (pictured, in suit at podium). He told stories from
his own life that demonstrate how one can integrate unanticipated
career turns and life events into a meaningful personal
journey.

Additionally, each
graduate was personally congratulated by U.S. Army Lieutenant
Colonel Alex Espinosa. As professor of military science at the
University of South Florida in Tampa, Lt. Col. Espinosa has command
of the regional U.S. Army ROTC Suncoast Battalion, the unit to
which Saint Leo Army ROTC students belong.

Thomas Lowande, who graduated with a bachelor’s
degree in criminal justice, delivered the class farewell.

A broad range of degrees were conferred. At the
graduate level, the Master of Business Administration, Master of
Education, and Master of Theology degrees were awarded.

At the undergraduate level, the Bachelor of Arts,
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Applied Science, and Associate of
Arts degrees were awarded.